What gets your knickers in a bunch?

**Chas** · 25th October 11, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by MeghanWalker

Thats exactly what I was thinking. No well brought up Southern boy would act like that.

LOL! This is funny. Ive never thought of that.

I hate when people say "I could care less"....it's I COULDNT care less!! If someone can care less, it means they care a little! Seriously I dont know why people dont think about that when they say it.

Or "preggo/preggers"....I will roundhouse kick anyone who says "Oh are you preggo!?" when I am pregnant. Preggo is a lame word.

"grand baby" also annoys me. It's a Southern thing. I guess I only hate it because the only people who really use that up here in Wisconsin are a tad "ghettofabulous" for my tastes.

Oh, if we are getting on to words and their meanings - What is with "lucked out"? To my mind that means "out of luck" - or maybe not! Who knows - it depends which country you are in.

Regards

Chas

**J_Mimbs** · 25th October 11, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by MeghanWalker

"grand baby" also annoys me. It's a Southern thing.

Hey now, watch it! Lol some of us Southerners get peeved at things you Yankees say too!

**Spartan Tartan** · 25th October 11, 03:50 PM

I am from Michigan and I do believe I used the term "grand baby" yesterday

In fact, i may have used it in a post somewhere within this very forum. Hey, was that a shot at me!?!? (just kidding--not about having used the term. I really did do that)

**J_Mimbs** · 25th October 11, 03:54 PM

Actually I wouldn't have thought of that word as being particularly "Southern". Maybe it is and I'm just oblivious.

**Spartan Tartan** · 25th October 11, 03:59 PM

I am with you J_Mimbs. Doesn't ring out as distinctly Southern...certainly not like a y'all does

**kc8ufv** · 25th October 11, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan Tartan

I am with you J_Mimbs. Doesn't ring out as distinctly Southern...certainly not like a y'all does

Gotta agree. The term is used periodically where I work by some of our, um, clients, almost exclusively as a reference to their offspring's offspring, especially if said person is of insufficient age to have started school.

**Spartan Tartan** · 25th October 11, 06:11 PM

Offspring is sooo ..... impersonal, lol. I can only imagine how carefully chosen that word likely was.

**J_Mimbs** · 25th October 11, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by Spartan Tartan

I am with you J_Mimbs. Doesn't ring out as distinctly Southern...certainly not like a y'all does

As in, y'all are accusing us of words that ain't necessarily in our vocabulary!

I don't mind the term though, although I agree about its general use. Our clients use it as well and with a similar meaning.

**Bill aka Mole** · 25th October 11, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by CelticSire

Admittedly my peeve is a small one, but one of the things that twists me off is the expression "to die for", as in "The chicken salad at Rocco's Deli is TO DIE FOR!" Really? Get a clue. I know some things worth dying for, have fought for them, shed blood for them, and lost friends fighting for them. But a friggin sandwich ain't one of 'em.

Amen. And Thank You for your service.

**Nighthawk** · 25th October 11, 08:06 PM

You wanna know what got my knickers in a bunch today? Some punk with his pants around his a$$, pants on the way to falling to his knees called me a "fag in a skirt." He can't even dress himself! What makes him think he's qualified to cast any kind of dispersion on me? Gods... People can be so incredibly stupid.